The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
- Directed by
- Wes Anderson
- Genre
- fantasy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 220 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is an anthology film that adapts four Roald Dahl short stories. A large ensemble of actors play multiple roles across the stories, which are told in a deliberately artificial and theatrical style.
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What happens
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More is a 2024 American fantasy anthology film written, directed and co-produced by Wes Anderson, based on four short stories by Roald Dahl. This is the second film adaptation of a Dahl work directed by Anderson, following Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). It stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, and Rupert Friend, all playing different roles throughout. The film was released on March 15, 2024, as an anthology compilation of Anderson's short films released in 2023, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher and Poison. The anthology’s title references the short story collection from which the titular story derives, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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